Good luck on wild side, Lou

Peter Howell’s piece on the late Lou Reed was the best of many obits I read online and elsewhere. Reed’s song “Heroin” probably scared off more curious kids from that sick world than “Requiem for a Dream” ever did. Oh, and an egg cream is just syrup, a splash of milk, and soda water. No malt.

Ken Stern, Toronto

The decade of the 1960s made Lou Reed possible and he made the music scene what it still is today, relevant. The Ramones, Patti Smith and the rest of the New York underground thanks you. Rest in peace Lou, on that distinctly wild side that was your legacy.